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| author | Bryce Johnson <bryce@gitlab.com> | 2016-10-12 19:00:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Bryce Johnson <bryce@gitlab.com> | 2016-10-12 19:00:38 +0200 |
| commit | abfb4f6e32ac13929678039e324307ee3ef2af43 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b0454f21a0c7a0997c798111e98fe4053dea238 | |
| parent | 3c31f185b931a4054804aee56be0602135b75bed (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-es6-es5-poltergeist.tar.gz | |
Document Capybara errors from es6 in es5 file.es6-es5-poltergeist
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diff --git a/doc/development/frontend.md b/doc/development/frontend.md index f879cd57e25..56c8516508e 100644 --- a/doc/development/frontend.md +++ b/doc/development/frontend.md @@ -223,3 +223,14 @@ For our currently-supported browsers, see our [requirements][requirements]. [xss]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [scss-style-guide]: scss_styleguide.md [requirements]: ../install/requirements.md#supported-web-browsers + +## Common Errors + +### Rspec (Capybara/Poltergeist) chokes on general JavaScript errors + +If you see very generic JavaScript errors (e.g. `jQuery is undefined`) being thrown in tests, but +can't reproduce them manually, you may have included `ES6`-style JavaScript in files that don't +have the `.js.es6` file extension. Either use ES5-friendly JavaScript or rename the file you're +working in (`git mv <file>.js> <file.js.es6>`). + + |